For those who don’t have a brush mower, fire is a great alternative.

@robertlivingston1634

4 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking, it's providing no benefit right now so looks like the perfect time to put a match to it and the ash is also beneficial to the soil.

@butleroutdoors2188

4 ай бұрын

@@robertlivingston1634 absolutely!

Appreciate the video. On my to do list this year. Thank you for the tips.

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

You bet! Good luck

I have successfully mowed John's screen with an old 54" zero turn. You just have to take your time. The debris ends up being fine enough after a couple of passes to till-in when planting.

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

Good to know- thanks for sharing

Great info!!

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I am going to use my woods 5ft dixie chopper brush cutter to get rid of mine! I will not be planting it again though! It grew well, but it robs the soil of nutrients! Great video! More room to grow my brassicas!

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

Right on- good luck!

@raprock5000

4 ай бұрын

Actually putting all that fodder back into the ground without burning it is excellent organic matter for the soil. Since you didn't harvest any seed crop off of it. Most of what it pulled out of the soil would go back in. Not if you burn it though. 👍🏼

@raprock5000

4 ай бұрын

​@@northernforestwhitetailI planted that once and put corn on it the next year the cobs were huge. That stuff really loosens up the soil with organic matter. I used a stalk chopper and went over it twice and really pulverized it before plowing it under. Just use a bag of high nitrogen fertilizer to get it to break down and release the natural nutrients. I wouldn't worry too much about planting it in the same place either. It's not like you're trying to produce grain. Many farmers now plant corn on corn year after year with good results. You just have to fertilize for it. 👍🏼

In northern Mn (where I'm from) plot screen is a bad, bad idea. Timber Wolves love to use them as ambush spots. Now they do it mostly at night, however screening makes the deer nervous day or night. If the deer are ambushed more than once, they may stop using the plot altogether. Or I have found out that they will enter the spot, downwind at the farthest spot from the screening to scent check. Thus rendering your screening useless. You're not going to use it to sneak in on a wise old buck with the wind at his advantage. The only use for it up here, is to keep road hunters from looking/spooking your plots. So plant all you want along the roads. Hungry Wolves don't like to ambush from a road (they don't like my truck). Only people do. Long story short the Wolves don't need any help!!!! P.S. I still like your video's.

@northernforestwhitetail

2 ай бұрын

Damn wolves. Thanks for the note.

Good info

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

Thanks

I used it for 1 yr. I plan to frost seed some switch into it before i mow it. Ground is pretty bare. I did plant switch in areas already waiting for it to pop

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

Let me know how it works out. I thought about switch but long term I’m going to bite the bullet and do conifer trees instead of switch. Will take several years but once it’s up then I’m set. Good luck.

Yeah I think I commented on a video of yours a while back touting grain sorghum and my deer luv it but I have some of the same issues I have pretty limited equipment basically hand tools and a backpack sprayer and I’ve kinda hit the same wall with the grain sorghum the stocks are kind of a pain to deal with and I think I’m going back to a rotation of clover brassicas and winter rye

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

I think I remember your comment. It got me wanting to try grain sorghum but I don’t know that I’ll have room for it this year

@raprock5000

4 ай бұрын

​@@northernforestwhitetailI'm going to try to broadcast some grain sorghum at a low rate before my last tillage pass where I'm going to plant corn with the planter. The only negative will be I will need to sacrifice the Roundup herbicide option and use something else. They do have preemergent herbicides that are labeled for both corn and grain sorghum. 👌🏼

Could you just leave it and either overseed with the same thing or something else? I'm guessing peas mixed with sunflower would climb the stalks and add food and some new screening. Just an idea.

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

Yeah- not a bad idea

DR powered push bush hog does great even on bamboo!

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

That’ll do the trick

If you know a permanent location for a screen, why not plant a couple rows of silky willow parallel to your spruce. Big Rock trees advertises 8 feet tall in a couple years so would provide good screen until the spruce get tall enough. They say silky willow doesn't get browsed much either.

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

I haven’t heard of those- have you ever tried planting them? Not a bad idea of a guy can find a fast growing hybrid type tree. I’m not planting hybrid popples due to the fact that most of them need moist soils (which I don’t have) and the other problem is they drop their leaves each year.

Burn it! Also, if you are disking in the proper amount of fertilizer you should have no problem getting a good stand of screening cover.

@northernforestwhitetail

23 күн бұрын

Burning is a good option but that does carry a little risk during fire season in the spring for us. We usually can’t burn up here most springs. But good idea

Burn it ? 🔥 to get rid of the plot screen.

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

Maybe, if it’s thick enough thatch I spose it would burn. I just don’t trust myself to burn in the spring during fire season 😬

Unless you don't have a tractor with a bush hog this is NOT an issue and the plot screen planting, just put some fertilizer on it, its a small strip not a whole field. Also, heard you use the words synthetic, sustainable and organic, very United Nations of you!

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

United Nation!? That one cuts deep man… ahhhh yeah so I’m not against fertilizer- I use it every year. Would I like to get away from it someday? Yeah sure, why not. Regarding the tractor thing: a lot of guys don’t have access to tractors and bush hogs… just giving a heads up if folks r thinking of going the plot screen route.

This is why I didn’t like rotating corn into my plots. To much thatch

@northernforestwhitetail

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s a tough deal